Ball-float.



N. MORITZKY.

BALL FLOAT.

z.*r"1 LI0ATIo1fV FILED JAN. 13, 1912.

1,049,13L Patented Da.s1,1912.

- nvm/Lto@ UNITED STATES rAgTnNT oFFIoE.

NATHAN MORITZKY, BROOKLYN, NEW YORK.

BALL-FLOAT.

To all whom t may concern:

Be it known that I, NATHAN lllom'rziir, a citizen of the United States, residing at Brooklyn, in the county of Kings and State of New York, have invented new and useful Improvements in Ball-Floats, of which the following is a specification.

An object of the invention is to provide a ball float for use in tanks to operate the valve thereof.

My invention embodies more particularly a. ball float arranged to operate the valve of a closet tank or the like, in proportion to the amount. of water 'admitted to the tank, the ball being adjustable for the purpose of increasing ordecreasing the stroke, thus controlling the operation of the valve.

In the further disclosure of the invention reference is to be had to the accompanying drawings constituting a part of this specification, in which similar characters of reference denote corresponding parts in all the views, and in which- Figure 1 is a vertical sectional view of a closet tank showing my ball float mounted therein and connected with the usual falve. Fig. 2 is a vertical sectional view of the ball float. Fig. 3 is a side elevation of a modified form of my device. Fig. 4 is a fragmentary vertical sectional view of the modified form disclosed in Fig. 3.

eferring to the views and more particularly to Figs. -1 and 2 I provide a rod 10 having an end 11 thereof threaded, the other end of the said rod being secured to a member; 1Q adapted for pivotal connection with a'caslng 13 of the usual valve 14, the Avalve letv being of any preferred type wherein the ball float is employed to operate. the valve. A ball 15 isprovided with a diametrically extending opening 1G in which is mounted a tube 1T provided wit-h threads on the interior surface thereof and adapted for threaded engagementI with the threads 11 on the rod '10, an adjusting nut 1Q being threadedly mounted on the rod "on one side of the ball and a second adjusting nut 19 being threadedly mounted on the rod 10 on the other' sideI of the ball 15.

f' increasing or decreasing the stroke or swing of the rod 10 to conform to tanks of various Specification of Letters Patent.

Application led January 12, 1912.

Patented Dec. 31,1912.

SerialrNo. 670,849.

sizes, it being understood that when the nuts 1S, 19 are screwed to engage the periphery .of the ball 15, the mentioned nuts will act as locking members to retain the ball in the desired position. Thus by providing a means whereby the swing of the rod can be increased or decreased. adjusting means for the valve is provided whereby the valvev may be operated to close or open earlier or later.

In Figs. 3 and 4 I disclose a modified form of my device in which I priivide a threaded rod 20, similar to the rod 11, the

said rod 20 being provided with a socket 70` 21 and adapted for pivotal connection with a member 22, embodying a sleeve 23 slidfg,v ably mounted on a lever 24, the adjustmentl of the member :22 on the'lever 24 .being accomplished through the medium of an ad- 75 justing screw Q5 mounted on the member 22 and adapted to engage the lever 24 to retain the memberl 22 in rigid engagement lwith the lever 24C. A he'misphericallj7 shapediball member 2G has a tube 27 extending therethrough and threaded on the interior surface thereofl for threaded enffagement with the rod 20, adjusting nuts 2S being mounted to threadedly engagethe rod 20 to retain the ball member 26 in locked engagement with the rod 20. The adjustment of the ball member 2G on the rod 20 is the same as the adjustment of the ball 15 on the rod 1() as has been nient-ioned heretofore and the member 22 can bc adjusted on the -lever 24 by operating the screw/25 so as to permit a sliding movement of the member 22 on the lever 24;, 'the screw Q5 being rengaged with the lever 24 to rigidly retain the membr 22 in a fixed position on the lever 24 when the ball member 26 has been moved to the desired position.

From the foregoing description it. will be readily understood that in the construction disclosed in Figs. 1 and 2 a single adjusting means for the ball member is provided while in the construction disclosed in Figs. 3 and 4 the ball member can be adjusted in a vertical direction. I.

The ball members 15 and Q6 are prefer; ably made of cork and are-dipped in a 'paraffin solution tomender the same impervious to water, thus providing an eficient and durable ball float..

I clannzl in Lemmi adjustably mounted thereon, e lever, e sleeve member pivotally connected to the said rod and siidbiy engaging the sia-id iever and means for retaining the said sleeve member in rigid en agement with the sai ievez'.

2. In u evice of the dass describe@ the combination with e rod, of bell member adjustably mounted hei'eon, a lever, :i sleeve member pi lemily connected .to the said rod and elige lever, means for retaining the said sleeve ly engaging the snidi member in rigid engagement with Jdie said lever and'means for 'threaded engagement with the said i'ooi end adapted to engage the Seid bali member to retain the same in rigid 15A engagement with the said rod,

in testimony 'whereof am): my Signature in presence 01EF me Witnesses.

NATHAN INORTZKY. Witnesses ADOLF SUSMAN, MAX l VVALLACH. 

